JP2011118549A - Cooling and heating device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cooling and heating device that achieves synchronous operation while reducing power consumption. <P>SOLUTION: The cooling and heating device includes: a cooling path configured by successively connecting a compressor 21, an external heat exchanger 22, a first capillary tube 23, and an internal heat exchanger 24; and a controller 70 configured to, when the internal temperature of a merchandise storage cabinet 3 with the internal heat exchanger 24 becomes equal to or higher than a cooling-ON temperature, cool the internal atmosphere of a merchandise storage cabinet 3 by driving the compressor 21, and to, when the internal temperature becomes equal to or lower than a cooling-OFF temperature, stop the driving of the compressor 21. The controller 70 is configured to, when the internal temperature of all refrigerators 3 other than a right cabinet 3a whose capacity is the largest becomes equal to or higher than the cooling-ON temperature, and the internal temperature of the right cabinet 3a is lower than the cooling-ON temperature, and has reached a predetermined synchronous operation temperature which is higher than the cooling-OFF temperature, cool the internal air of all the refrigerators 3. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a cooling and heating device, and more particularly, to a cooling and heating device that is applied to, for example, a vending machine and that cools or heats the internal atmosphere of a product container defined in a vending machine body. Is.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a cooling and heating device applied to, for example, a vending machine, a device including a refrigerant circuit having a function as a heat pump and a controller is known. As such a refrigerant circuit, a cooling path and a heating path are generally provided.

  The cooling path is configured by sequentially connecting an evaporator, a compressor, a condenser, and an expansion mechanism through a refrigerant pipe. The evaporator is disposed inside the commodity storage of the vending machine. This evaporator cools the internal air (internal atmosphere) of the product storage box by the supplied refrigerant passing through a predetermined flow path and evaporating.

  The compressor is disposed in the machine room inside the vending machine main body and outside the product container. The compressor sucks the refrigerant evaporated by the evaporator and compresses the sucked refrigerant into a high temperature and high pressure state. Are discharged. The condenser is disposed in the machine room in the same manner as the compressor, introduces the refrigerant compressed by the compressor through the refrigerant pipe, and heats the ambient air by condensing the introduced refrigerant, that is, into the ambient air. It dissipates heat. The expansion mechanism is disposed in the machine room in the same manner as the compressor and the condenser, and decompresses the refrigerant condensed in the condenser and adiabatically expands the refrigerant.

  The heating path is a path having an internal heat exchanger. The internal heat exchanger is disposed inside the commodity storage. In more detail, it is arrange | positioned inside the goods storage container which accommodates the goods used as the heating object. This internal heat exchanger has an inlet side connected to a branch pipe branched from a refrigerant pipe connecting a compressor and a condenser constituting a cooling path, and a refrigerant pipe connecting a condenser and an expansion mechanism. An outlet side is connected to a return pipe provided in a mode of joining. Such an in-compartment heat exchanger heats the internal air of the product storage container in which the refrigerant is compressed by introducing the refrigerant compressed by the compressor through the branch pipe and condensing the introduced refrigerant.

  In such a refrigerant circuit, when the refrigerant compressed by the compressor flows in each of the cooling path and the heating path, the refrigerant flowing in the cooling path among the refrigerant compressed by the compressor reaches the condenser, and the condenser The condensed refrigerant is adiabatically expanded by the expansion mechanism and evaporated by the evaporator. The refrigerant evaporated in the evaporator is sucked by the compressor, compressed again, and circulated. As a result, the internal air of the product storage (cooler) in which the evaporator is disposed is cooled.

  On the other hand, the refrigerant flowing through the heating path among the refrigerant compressed by the compressor reaches the internal heat exchanger through the branch pipe, and condenses in the internal heat exchanger. Thereby, the internal air of the product storage (heating chamber) in which the internal heat exchanger is disposed is heated. The refrigerant condensed in the internal heat exchanger returns to the cooling path through the return pipe, is adiabatically expanded by the expansion mechanism, is evaporated by the evaporator, is sucked by the compressor, is compressed again, and is circulated.

  The controller is for controlling the driving of the compressor. When the temperature inside the product storage container in which the evaporator is disposed is equal to or higher than a predetermined cooling on temperature, or when the heat exchanger inside the The compressor is driven when the inside temperature of the installed product storage is below a predetermined heating on temperature. On the other hand, when the inside temperature of the product storage room in which the evaporator is disposed is equal to or lower than a predetermined cooling off temperature, or the inside temperature of the product storage room in which the internal heat exchanger is disposed is heated. When the temperature is equal to or higher than the off temperature, the driving of the compressor is stopped (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  Although not specified in the above-mentioned patent document 1, in order to reduce power consumption, when there are a plurality of coolers, a cooling and heating device is known that performs a synchronous operation between these coolers. .

  In such a cooling and heating device, even if the internal temperature of one of the refrigerators is equal to or higher than the cooling on temperature, the compressor is stopped until the internal temperature of the other cooling chamber reaches the cooling on temperature. Then, when the internal temperature of the other cooler becomes equal to or higher than the cooling on temperature, the compressor is driven to cool the internal air of each cooler.

JP 2003-173647 A

  However, in the cooling and heating apparatus described above, even if the internal temperature of one of the refrigerators is equal to or higher than the cooling on temperature, the driving of the compressor is stopped until the internal temperature of the other cooling chamber reaches the cooling on temperature. However, when the internal temperature of the other refrigerator was equal to or higher than the cooling on temperature, the compressor was driven to cool the internal air of each of the refrigerators. Even if the internal temperature of the refrigerator is within the allowable range, the temperature rises too much, and as a result, energy is required to reduce the temperature that has risen too much, and there is a risk of increasing power consumption. It was.

  In view of the above circumstances, an object of the present invention is to provide a cooling and heating apparatus that can perform synchronous operation while reducing power consumption.

  In order to achieve the above object, a cooling and heating apparatus according to claim 1 of the present invention includes a compressor that compresses a refrigerant, a condenser that condenses the refrigerant compressed by the compressor, and a condenser that condenses the refrigerant. A cooling path configured by sequentially connecting an expansion mechanism for adiabatically expanding the refrigerant and an evaporator for evaporating the refrigerant adiabatically expanded by the expansion mechanism, and condensing by introducing a part of the refrigerant compressed by the compressor A heating path configured to return the refrigerant condensed in the internal heat exchanger to the cooling path, and a cooling chamber temperature of the cooling chamber in which the evaporator is disposed in advance. When the temperature is equal to or higher than a predetermined cooling on temperature, the compressor is driven to cool the internal atmosphere of the cooling chamber, while the cooling chamber temperature is lower than the cooling on temperature. If below the temperature, In the cooling and heating apparatus including the control unit for stopping the driving of the compressor, the control unit is configured such that the cooling chamber temperatures of all the cooling chambers other than the cooling chamber with the largest volume are equal to or higher than the cooling on temperature, and If the cooling chamber temperature of the large cooling chamber is lower than the cooling on temperature and reaches a predetermined synchronous operation possible temperature higher than the cooling off temperature, the internal atmosphere of all the cooling chambers is cooled. It is characterized by doing.

  According to the cooling and heating apparatus of the present invention, the control means has the cooling chamber temperature of all the cooling chambers other than the cooling chamber having the largest volume equal to or higher than the cooling on temperature, and the cooling chamber temperature of the cooling chamber having the largest volume is cooled. When the predetermined synchronous operation temperature that is lower than the ON temperature and higher than the cooling OFF temperature has been reached, the internal atmosphere of all the cooling chambers is cooled, so that the cooling ON temperature is first exceeded. The cooling chamber temperature of the cooling chamber does not increase excessively, and energy is not required to decrease the excessively increased temperature, thereby reducing power consumption. Therefore, it is possible to perform synchronous operation while reducing power consumption.

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view showing a case where an internal structure of a vending machine to which a cooling and heating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied is viewed from the front. FIG. 2 shows the internal structure of the vending machine shown in FIG. 1, and is a cross-sectional side view of the right commodity storage. FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram conceptually showing the cooling and heating apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a block diagram schematically showing a control system of the cooling and heating apparatus according to the present embodiment. FIG. 5 is a conceptual diagram conceptually showing the flow of the refrigerant in the refrigerant circuit when the CCC operation is performed. FIG. 6 is a conceptual diagram conceptually showing the flow of the refrigerant in the refrigerant circuit when performing the HCC operation. FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the processing contents of the cooling operation synchronization control process performed by the controller shown in FIG.

  Exemplary embodiments of a cooling and heating apparatus according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view showing a case where an internal structure of a vending machine to which a cooling and heating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied is viewed from the front. The vending machine illustrated here includes a main body cabinet 1.

  The main body cabinet 1 has a rectangular shape with an open front surface. The main body cabinet 1 is provided with three independent commodity containers 3 partitioned by, for example, two heat insulating partition plates 2 in a side-by-side manner. This product storage 3 is for storing products such as canned beverages and beverages containing plastic bottles while maintaining a desired temperature, and has a heat insulating structure.

  FIG. 2 shows the internal structure of the vending machine shown in FIG. 1 and is a cross-sectional side view of the right product storage case 3. Here, the internal structure of the right product storage (hereinafter also referred to as right storage) 3a is shown, but the central product storage (hereinafter also referred to as intermediate storage) 3b and the left product storage (hereinafter referred to as right storage) 3a. The internal structure of 3c is also substantially the same as that of the right warehouse 3a. In the present specification, the right side indicates the right side when the vending machine is viewed from the front, and the left side indicates the left side when the vending machine is viewed from the front. Moreover, in these three goods storage 3, it assumes that the volume of the middle store 3b is the smallest, and the volume of the right store 3a and the left store 3c is the largest.

  As shown in FIG. 2, an outer door 4 and an inner door 5 are provided on the front surface of the main body cabinet 1. The outer door 4 is for opening and closing the front opening of the main body cabinet 1, and the inner door 5 is for opening and closing the front surface of the commodity storage 3. The inner door 5 is divided into upper and lower parts, and the upper door 5a opens and closes when a product is replenished.

  The product storage 3 is provided with a product storage rack 6, a carry-out mechanism 7 and a carry-out shooter 8. The commodity storage rack 6 is for storing commodities in a manner arranged in the vertical direction. The carry-out mechanism 7 is provided at the lower part of the product storage rack 6 and is used to carry out the products at the bottom of the product group stored in the product storage rack 6 one by one. The carry-out shooter 8 is for guiding the product carried out from the carry-out mechanism 7 to the product take-out port 4 a provided in the outer door 4.

  FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram conceptually showing the cooling and heating apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention. The cooling and heating apparatus exemplified here includes a main path 20, a branch path 30, a heat radiation path 40, and a return path 50, and includes a refrigerant circuit 10 in which a refrigerant is sealed.

  The main path 20 is configured by sequentially connecting a compressor 21, an external heat exchanger 22, a first capillary tube 23, and an internal heat exchanger 24 through a refrigerant pipe 25.

  The compressor 21 is disposed in the machine room 9 as shown in FIG. The machine room 9 is a room inside the main body cabinet 1, partitioned from the product storage 3 and below the product storage 3. The compressor 21 sucks the refrigerant through the suction port, compresses the sucked refrigerant to be in a high-temperature and high-pressure state (high-temperature and high-pressure refrigerant), and discharges it from the discharge port.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the external heat exchanger 22 is disposed in the machine room 9 similarly to the compressor 21. This external heat exchanger 22 condenses the refrigerant that passes therethrough. More specifically, the refrigerant compressed by the compressor 21 and discharged from the discharge port and sent out through the refrigerant pipe 25 is condensed by exchanging heat with ambient air.

  The refrigerant pipe 25 connecting the external heat exchanger 22 and the compressor 21 is provided with a high-pressure side electromagnetic valve 261. The high-pressure side electromagnetic valve 261 is a valve body that can be opened and closed. When the opening command is given from the controller 70 to be described later, the high-pressure side electromagnetic valve 261 opens and allows the passage of the refrigerant, while when the closing command is given. It closes and regulates the passage of refrigerant.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the first capillary tube 23 is disposed in the machine room 9 similarly to the compressor 21 and the external heat exchanger 22. The first capillary tube 23 is for adiabatic expansion by reducing the pressure of the refrigerant passing therethrough.

  A plurality of (three in the illustrated example) heat exchangers 24 in the cabinet are provided, which are disposed in the lower interior of each commodity storage 3 and on the front side of the rear duct D (see FIG. 2). is there. The refrigerant pipe 25 connecting the internal heat exchanger 24 and the first capillary tube 23 is branched into three by a distributor 27 disposed in the middle thereof, and the internal heat disposed in the right warehouse 3a. On the inlet side of the exchanger 24 (hereinafter also referred to as the right internal heat exchanger 24a), the inlet of the internal heat exchanger 24 (hereinafter also referred to as the internal heat exchanger 24b) disposed in the intermediate warehouse 3b. The inlet side of the internal heat exchanger 24 (hereinafter also referred to as the left internal heat exchanger 24c) disposed inside the left warehouse 3c is connected to each side.

  Moreover, in this refrigerant | coolant piping 25, the low pressure side solenoid valves 262,263, on the way from the distributor 27 to each of the right internal heat exchanger 24a, the central internal heat exchanger 24b, and the left internal heat exchanger 24c. H.264 is provided. The low pressure side solenoid valves 262, 263, and 264 are openable and closable valve elements, which are opened when the opening command is given from the controller 70 and allow passage of the refrigerant, while when the closing command is given. Is closed to restrict the passage of refrigerant.

  Refrigerant piping 25 connected to the outlet side of the internal heat exchanger 24b and the left internal heat exchanger 24c merges at the first junction P1 on the way, and further to the outlet side of the right internal heat exchanger 24a. The connected refrigerant pipe 25 joins at the second joining point P <b> 2 and is connected to the compressor 21 via the accumulator 28. Here, the accumulator 28 is for storing the liquid-phase refrigerant and allowing the gas-phase refrigerant to pass through when the refrigerant passing therethrough is a gas-liquid mixed refrigerant.

  In the refrigerant pipe 25 connected to the outlet side of the internal heat exchanger 24b and the left internal heat exchanger 24c, return solenoid valves 265 and 266 are arranged upstream of the first junction P1, respectively. is there. These return solenoid valves 265 and 266 are valve bodies that can be opened and closed. When the opening command is given from the controller 70, the feedback solenoid valves 265 and 266 are opened to allow passage of the refrigerant, whereas when the closing command is given. It closes and regulates the passage of refrigerant.

  The branch path 30 branches from a high-pressure side branch point P3 in the middle of the path between the compressor 21 and the high-pressure side electromagnetic valve 261, and further branches in the middle, one of which is on the inlet side of the internal heat exchanger 24b. The other of the refrigerant pipes 25 is constituted by a branch pipe 31 that merges with the refrigerant pipe 25 on the inlet side of the left side heat exchanger 24c. This branch path 30 is a path for introducing the refrigerant (high-pressure refrigerant) compressed by the compressor 21. Here, in the refrigerant pipes 25 on the inlet side of the internal heat exchanger 24b and the left internal heat exchanger 24c, a path upstream from the junction with each branch pipe 31 (each branch path 30), that is, Check valves 267 and 268 are provided in the path between each junction and the low-pressure side solenoid valves 262, 263, and 264 located upstream thereof.

  In the branch path 30, branch solenoid valves 321 and 322 are provided on the downstream side of the branch point, respectively. The branch solenoid valves 321 and 322 are valve bodies that can be opened and closed. When the opening command is given from the controller 70, the branch solenoid valves 321 and 322 are opened to allow the passage of the refrigerant. Thus, the passage of the refrigerant is restricted.

  That is, when the refrigerant compressed by the compressor 21 is supplied through the branch path 30, the inner heat exchanger 24 b and the left inner heat exchanger 24 c condense the refrigerant passing therethrough and become a target product. The internal air of the storage 3 (the central storage 3b and the left storage 3c) is heated.

  The heat radiation path 40 is branched in the middle of each of the refrigerant pipes 25 connected to the outlet side of the inner heat exchanger 24b and the left heat exchanger 24c, and merges at the third junction P4. It is constituted by a heat radiation pipe 42 connected to the inlet side of the gas cooler arranged in a mode adjacent to the exchanger 22. The heat dissipation path 40 is for supplying the gas cooler 41 with the refrigerant condensed in at least one of the internal heat exchanger 24b and the left internal heat exchanger 24c. In the gas cooler 41 to which the refrigerant is supplied through the heat radiation path 40, heat exchange is performed between the refrigerant and the ambient air, and the refrigerant radiates heat. That is, the heat radiation path 40 introduces the refrigerant condensed in the internal heat exchanger 24 and supplies the refrigerant to the gas cooler 41, and the gas cooler 41 exchanges heat with ambient air to dissipate heat.

  The third junction from the branch point of the refrigerant pipe 25 connected to the outlet side of the heat exchanger 24b and the left heat exchanger 24c in the middle of the heat radiation pipe 42 constituting the heat radiation path 40. On the way to P4, check valves 431 and 432 are provided, respectively.

  The return path 50 is connected to the outlet side of the gas cooler 41 and is connected to the refrigerant pipe 25 constituting the main path 20, that is, the fourth junction P <b> 5 of the refrigerant pipe 25 between the first capillary tube 23 and the distributor 27. It is the path | route comprised by the return piping 51 to do.

  A second capillary tube 52 is provided in the middle of the return pipe 51 constituting the return path 50. The second capillary tube 52 is for adiabatic expansion by reducing the pressure of the refrigerant passing therethrough.

  In the refrigerant circuit 10, three strainers, that is, a first strainer S1, a second strainer S2, and a third strainer S3 are arranged. The first strainer S <b> 1 is disposed in the refrigerant pipe 25 between the external heat exchanger 22 and the first capillary tube 23 in the main path 20. The first strainer S1 has a desiccant for removing moisture and a filter for removing foreign matter, and removes moisture from the refrigerant passing through the refrigerant pipe 25 and removes foreign matter. It is the removal member to perform.

  The second strainer S <b> 2 is disposed in the return pipe 51 in the return path 50, that is, the return pipe 51 between the gas cooler 41 and the second capillary tube 52. The second strainer S2 has a filter for removing foreign matter, and is a foreign matter removing member that only removes foreign matter from the refrigerant passing through the refrigerant pipe 25.

  The third strainer S3 is disposed in the refrigerant pipe 25 on the discharge port side of the compressor 21 in the main path 20. The third strainer S3 has a filter for removing foreign matter, and is a foreign matter removing member that removes foreign matter from the refrigerant passing through the refrigerant pipe 25. In the present embodiment, the third strainer S3 is also disposed in the refrigerant pipe 25 connected to the discharge port side of the compressor 21, but such a strainer is not essential, and the application conditions of the cooling and heating device, etc. It may be installed as appropriate according to

  FIG. 4 is a block diagram schematically showing a control system of the cooling and heating apparatus according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 4, the cooling and heating device includes an input means 60, a right chamber temperature sensor 61, a middle chamber temperature sensor 62, a left chamber temperature sensor 63, a middle chamber heater 65b, a left chamber heater 65c, A controller 70 is provided.

  The input means 60 is for performing various setting inputs such as a remote controller, for example, and the information set and input here is given to the controller 70.

  The right warehouse temperature sensor 61 is a detection means that is disposed inside the right warehouse and detects the temperature inside the right warehouse (room temperature). The inside temperature sensor 62 is a detecting means that is disposed inside the inside and detects the inside temperature (indoor temperature) of the inside. The left warehouse temperature sensor 63 is a detection unit that is disposed inside the left warehouse and detects the temperature (indoor temperature) of the left warehouse. Information regarding the temperatures detected by the right chamber temperature sensor 61, the inner chamber temperature sensor 62, and the left chamber temperature sensor 63 is provided to the controller 70 as a temperature signal.

  The inner-compartment heater 65b is disposed inside the inner-compartment. More specifically, the inner-compartment heater 65b is disposed near the inner blower fan at the bottom of the inter-compartment. The inner-compartment heater 65b is a heating unit that is energized when driven and heats the internal air of the inner-compartment. The left warehouse heater 65c is disposed inside the left warehouse, more specifically, at the bottom of the left warehouse and in the vicinity of the internal fan. This left-side warehouse heater 65c is a heating means that is energized when driven and heats the internal air of the left-hand room.

  The controller 70 comprehensively controls the operation of each part of the refrigerant circuit according to programs and data stored in the memory 80. The controller 70 controls the input processing unit 71, the electromagnetic valve drive processing unit 72, and the cooling operation control unit 73. It is prepared.

  Here, various information is stored in the memory 80, and the cooling temperature information and the synchronous operation information are stored as characteristic features of the present invention. The cooling temperature information is for determining a target cooling temperature range of the commodity storage (cooling) 3 to be cooled, and includes a cooling on temperature as an upper limit value and a cooling off temperature as a lower limit value. It is.

  The synchronous operation information is for determining whether or not to cool the internal air of the product storage 3 by synchronizing them when there are a plurality of product storages 3 to be cooled. More specifically, the synchronous operation information includes the synchronous operation possible temperature. This synchronous operation possible temperature is lower than the cooling on temperature and higher than the cooling off temperature, and if the inside temperature of the largest volume of the cooling compartment 3 (right compartment 3a) is equal to or higher than the temperature, the inside of the compartment This is experimentally determined at a temperature indicating that cooling the internal air of the product does not cause supercooling that causes the product to freeze or the like.

  The input processing section 71 is for inputting information such as commands and data given from the input means 60 and the internal temperature sensors 61, 62, 63. The solenoid valve drive processing unit 72 issues an open command to each solenoid valve, that is, the high pressure side solenoid valve 261, the low pressure side solenoid valves 262, 263, and 264, the feedback solenoid valves 265 and 266, and the branch solenoid valves 321 and 322, respectively. Alternatively, a close command is given to open or close them individually.

  The cooling operation control unit 73 includes a cooling temperature determination unit 731, a synchronization determination unit 732, and a compressor drive processing unit 733. The cooling temperature determination unit 731 is detected by the temperature given from the inside temperature sensors 61, 62, 63 disposed in the inside of the refrigerator (product storage) 3, that is, the inside temperature sensors 61, 62, 63. It is determined whether the internal temperature is within the target cooling temperature range. More specifically, it is determined whether or not the detected internal temperature is equal to or lower than the cooling off temperature, or whether or not the detected internal temperature is equal to or higher than the cooling on temperature.

  The synchronization determination unit 732 has the internal temperature of all the coolers 3 other than the cooler 3 having the largest volume (right warehouse 3a) equal to or higher than the cooling on temperature, and the cooler 3 having the largest volume (right warehouse 3a). It is determined whether the internal temperature is equal to or higher than the temperature at which synchronous operation is possible.

  The compressor drive processing unit 733 performs a process of driving the compressor 21 at a predetermined rotational speed by giving a drive command or a drive stop command to the compressor 21.

  The cooling and heating device having the above-described configuration cools or heats the product stored in the product storage 3 as follows.

  First, the case where the CCC operation (operation for cooling the internal air of all the commodity containers 3) is performed will be described. In this case, the controller 70 given a command to perform the CCC operation through the input means 60 closes the branch solenoid valves 321 and 322 through the solenoid valve drive processing unit 72, and the high pressure side solenoid valve 261, the low pressure side solenoid valve. 262, 263, 264 and feedback solenoid valves 265, 266 are opened. As a result, the refrigerant compressed by the compressor 21 circulates as shown in FIG.

  That is, the refrigerant compressed by the compressor 21 passes through the high-pressure side electromagnetic valve 261 to be opened and reaches the external heat exchanger 22. The refrigerant that has reached the external heat exchanger 22 dissipates heat to the surrounding air (outside air) and condenses while passing through the external heat exchanger 22. The refrigerant condensed in the external heat exchanger 22 passes through the first strainer S <b> 1 to remove moisture and foreign matter, and then adiabatically expands in the first capillary tube 23.

  The refrigerant adiabatically expanded and vaporized by the first capillary tube 23 is branched into three by the distributor 27, and reaches the right internal heat exchanger 24a, the central internal heat exchanger 24b, and the left internal heat exchanger 24c. Then, each of the internal heat exchangers 24 evaporates and takes heat from the internal air of the product storage 3 to cool the internal air. The cooled internal air circulates in the interior by driving each internal blower fan (F1: see FIG. 2), whereby the products stored in each product storage 3 are cooled to the circulating internal air. The refrigerant evaporated in each internal heat exchanger 24 is gas-liquid separated by the accumulator 28, and then the gas phase portion is sucked into the compressor 21 and compressed by the compressor 21 to repeat the above-described circulation.

  Next, a case where the HCC operation (operation for heating the internal air of the left warehouse 3c and cooling the internal air of the middle warehouse 3b and the right warehouse 3a) is described. In this case, the controller 70 to which an instruction to perform the HCC operation through the input means 60 is sent to the high pressure side solenoid valve 261, the low pressure side solenoid valve 264, the feedback solenoid valve 266, the branch solenoid valve through the solenoid valve drive processing unit 72. 321 is closed, and the low pressure side solenoid valves 262 and 263, the branch solenoid valve 322, and the feedback solenoid valve 265 are opened. As a result, the refrigerant compressed by the compressor 21 circulates as shown in FIG.

  That is, the refrigerant compressed by the compressor 21 passes through the branch path 30 and reaches the left-inside heat exchanger 24c. The refrigerant that has reached the left internal heat exchanger 24c exchanges heat with the internal air of the left internal 3c while passing through the heat exchanger, and dissipates heat to the internal air to condense. Thereby, the internal air of the left warehouse 3c is heated. The heated internal air circulates inside each of the left warehouses 3c by driving an internal blower fan (not shown), whereby the products stored in the left warehouse 3c are heated to the circulating internal air.

  The refrigerant condensed in the left-side heat exchanger 24 c passes through the heat radiation pipe 42 that constitutes the heat radiation path 40, reaches the gas cooler 41, and radiates heat to the ambient air by the gas cooler 41. The refrigerant radiated by the gas cooler 41 passes through the second strainer S <b> 2 to remove foreign matter, and then adiabatically expands in the second capillary tube 52.

  The refrigerant which is adiabatically expanded and vaporized in the second capillary tube 52 passes through the low-pressure side electromagnetic valves 262 and 263 opened via the distributor 27, and then passes through the internal heat exchanger 24b and the right internal heat exchanger 24a. In this way, the internal heat exchanger 24b and the right internal heat exchanger 24a evaporate to take heat from the internal air of the intermediate internal 3b and the right internal 3a, thereby cooling the internal air. The cooled internal air circulates in each of the inner warehouse 3b and the right warehouse 3a by driving the internal blower fan F1 (see FIG. 2), whereby the products stored in the middle warehouse 3b and the right warehouse 3a are To be cooled. The refrigerant evaporated in each of the internal heat exchanger 24 b and the right internal heat exchanger 24 a is separated into gas and liquid by the accumulator 28, and then the gas phase portion is sucked into the compressor 21 and compressed by the compressor 21. The above-described circulation is repeated. Thus, the refrigerant circuit has a function as a heat pump.

  In such a refrigerant circuit, the external heat exchanger 22 constitutes a condenser that condenses the refrigerant compressed by the compressor 21, and the internal heat exchanger 24 constitutes an evaporator that evaporates the refrigerant adiabatically expanded. In the main path 20, the compressor 21, the external heat exchanger 22, the first capillary tube 23, and the internal heat exchanger 24 are sequentially connected by the refrigerant pipe 25. A cooling path is configured. The internal heat exchanger 24b and the left internal heat exchanger 24c constitute the internal heat exchanger 24 that introduces and condenses a part of the refrigerant compressed by the compressor 21, and includes the branch path 30 and the heat dissipation path 40. The return path 50 constitutes a heating path.

  When the inside temperature of each product storage case 3 reaches a desired temperature range by performing the CCC operation or the HCC operation, the controller 70 performs the following cooling operation synchronization control process.

  FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the processing contents of the cooling operation synchronization control processing performed by the controller 70. The operation of the cooling and heating apparatus will be described while explaining the details of such processing. Here, for convenience of explanation, a case where the HCC operation is performed will be described, and it is assumed that the compressor 21 is stopped as a premise.

  In the cooling operation synchronization control process shown in FIG. 7, when the internal temperature is input from the internal temperature sensors (the internal internal temperature sensor 62 and the right internal temperature sensor 61) of all the refrigerators 3 through the input processing unit 71 ( Step S101: Yes), the cooling operation control unit 73 of the controller 70 reads out the information related to the cooling on temperature from the memory 80 through the cooling temperature determination unit 731 and the cooling on temperature 3 (right warehouse 3a having the largest volume). ) Is compared with the internal temperature of the storage 3b, that is, the internal temperature of the internal storage 3b, and it is determined whether or not there is an internal temperature of the internal storage 3b that is equal to or higher than the cooling on temperature (step S102).

  When the internal temperature of the intermediate store 3b is lower than the cooling on temperature (step S102: No), the controller 70 returns the procedure and ends the current process without performing the process described later. According to this, the cooling inside each of the refrigerators 3 is maintained in a stopped state, and changes in a direction in which the internal temperature rises.

  When the internal temperature of the intermediate storage 3b is equal to or higher than the cooling on temperature in step S102 (step S102: Yes), the cooling operation control unit 73 of the controller 70 uses the synchronization determination unit 732 to obtain information regarding the temperature at which synchronous operation is possible. Is read out and the temperature in the right compartment 3a is compared with the temperature in the right compartment 3a to determine whether the temperature in the right compartment 3a is equal to or higher than the temperature in which the synchronous operation is possible (step S103).

  When the internal temperature of the right chamber 3a is equal to or higher than the temperature at which the synchronous operation can be performed (step S103: Yes), the controller 70 drives the compressor 21 through the compressor drive processing unit 733 of the cooling operation control unit 73 (step S104). ), Only the low pressure side solenoid valves 262 and 263 of the right warehouse 3a and the middle warehouse 3b are opened through the electromagnetic valve drive processing unit 72 (step S105), and then the procedure is returned to end the current process.

  Here, the processing of step S103 to step S105 will be specifically described. Since the HCC operation is performed, the refrigerator 3 becomes a middle warehouse 3b and a right warehouse 3a. When the internal temperature of the inner warehouse 3b is equal to or higher than the cooling on temperature, the controller 70 drives the compressor 21 and the low pressure if the internal temperature of the right warehouse 3a having the largest volume is equal to or higher than the temperature capable of synchronous operation. The side solenoid valves 262 and 263 are kept open so that the refrigerant adiabatically expanded by the second capillary tube 52 flows through the inner-chamber heat exchanger 24b and the right-chamber heat exchanger 24a. According to this, it changes in the direction in which the internal temperature of the middle warehouse 3b and the internal temperature of the right warehouse 3a fall.

  On the other hand, when the internal temperature of the right compartment 3a is lower than the temperature at which synchronous operation is possible (step S103: No), the controller 70 determines whether the internal temperature of the intermediate compartment 3b is equal to or higher than the cooling upper limit temperature ( Step S106). When the internal temperature of the intermediate store 3b is not equal to or higher than the cooling upper limit temperature (step S106: No), the controller 70 returns the procedure and ends the current process without performing the subsequent process. According to this, the cooling inside each of the refrigerators 3 is maintained to stop, and the internal temperature of the middle warehouse 3b and the right warehouse 3a is increased.

  When the internal temperature of the internal storage 3b is equal to or higher than the cooling upper limit temperature (step S106: Yes), the controller 70 drives the compressor 21 through the compressor drive processing unit 733 of the cooling operation control unit 73 (step S106). S107), only the low-pressure side solenoid valve 263 of the inner cabinet 3b is opened through the solenoid valve drive processing unit 72 (step S108), and then the procedure is returned to end the current process. According to this, it changes in the direction in which the internal temperature of the internal storage 3b falls.

  In such a cooling and heating device, paying attention to the volume of the product storage 3 that stores the product, the cooling cabinet 3 having a large volume in the operation cycle of the cooler 3 having a small capacity, that is, the intermediate store 3b having a small cooling load, that is, The operation cycle of the right warehouse 3a having a large cooling load is synchronized. Although the case of the HCC operation has been described here, the same processing is performed even in the case of the CCC operation.

  According to the cooling and heating apparatus according to the present embodiment as described above, the controller 70 determines that the temperature in all the refrigerators 3 other than the right warehouse 3a, that is, the inside temperature of the middle warehouse 3b is equal to or higher than the cooling on temperature, and When the internal temperature of the storage 3a has reached the temperature at which synchronous operation is possible, the internal air of all the cooling storages 3, that is, the central storage 3b and the right storage 3a is cooled. Since the internal temperature of the refrigerator 3 (the internal storage 3b) does not increase excessively, and energy is not required to reduce the excessively increased temperature, the power consumption can be reduced. it can. Accordingly, synchronous operation can be performed while reducing power consumption.

  In addition, according to the cooling and heating device, the internal air of the right warehouse 3a that has reached the temperature capable of synchronous operation is cooled, so that the product accommodated in the right warehouse 3a is overcooled and damaged by freezing or the like. There is no fear of it.

  As described above, the cooling device according to the present invention is useful for cooling or heating the internal atmosphere of the commodity storage box defined in the vending machine main body of the vending machine to be applied.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Refrigerant circuit 20 Main path | route 21 Compressor 22 External heat exchanger 23 1st capillary tube 24 Internal heat exchanger 25 Refrigerant piping 27 Distributor 30 Branch path 31 Branch pipe 40 Heat radiation path 41 Gas cooler 42 Heat radiation pipe 50 Return path 51 Return pipe 52 Second capillary tube 61 Right chamber temperature sensor 62 Center chamber temperature sensor 63 Left chamber temperature sensor 65b Center chamber heater 65c Left chamber heater 70 Controller 71 Input processing section 72 Electromagnetic valve drive processing section 73 Cooling operation Control unit 731 Cooling temperature determination unit 732 Synchronization determination unit 733 Compressor drive processing unit 80 Memory D Rear duct F1 Blower fan in the right warehouse S1 First strainer S2 Second strainer S3 Third strainer

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A compressor that compresses the refrigerant; a condenser that condenses the refrigerant compressed by the compressor; an expansion mechanism that adiabatically expands the refrigerant condensed by the condenser; and an evaporation that evaporates the refrigerant adiabatically expanded by the expansion mechanism A cooling path configured by sequentially connecting the devices,
A heating path configured to return the refrigerant condensed in the internal heat exchanger to the cooling path, having an internal heat exchanger for introducing and condensing a part of the refrigerant compressed by the compressor;
When the cooling chamber temperature of the cooling chamber in which the evaporator is disposed is equal to or higher than a predetermined cooling on temperature, the compressor is driven to cool the internal atmosphere of the cooling chamber, while the cooling chamber When the temperature is lower than the cooling on temperature, which is lower than the predetermined cooling off temperature, a cooling and heating device comprising a control means for stopping the driving of the compressor,
The control means is such that the cooling chamber temperature of all the cooling chambers other than the cooling chamber with the largest volume is equal to or higher than the cooling on temperature, and the cooling chamber temperature of the cooling chamber with the largest volume is lower than the cooling on temperature, and A cooling and heating apparatus, wherein the internal atmosphere of all the cooling chambers is cooled when a predetermined synchronous operation possible temperature higher than the cooling off temperature is reached.

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